> Paranoia is one of the three essential skills every lawyer should have. The other two are, of course, an aggressive billing department and a cataclysmic abili

> Paranoia is one of the three essential skills every lawyer should have. The other two are, of course, an aggressive billing department and a cataclysmic ability to out-lie even a politician. I can understand the billing department. But could someone please explain the other two to me? Or this hyperbole here that I don't pick up?